About Us
The Sydney Institute for Psycho-Analysis was established in 1951, with the aims of promoting and assisting the development of the science of psychoanalysis and its clinical practice in Sydney.
Since the mid 1980s it has been able to undertake activities to foster interest in, and knowledge about psychoanalysis in the wider community.
The Sydney Institute has organised
- public lectures given by distinguished psychoanalysts and other experts;
- lectures, seminars and workshops for those who are interested in applying psychoanalytic principles to their work, and
- supervision for psychotherapists and other mental health workers.
The training of psychoanalysts is the function of the Sydney Branch of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society under the auspices of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association.
Membership of the Sydney Institute for Psycho-Analysis and the Sydney Branch of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society is identical.
The Australian Psychoanalytical Society is an incorporated association and functions according to its formally constituted rules, bye laws and procedures. The Society has an Executive Committee and a number of standing committees which ensure that standards of training, clinical and ethical practice meet the requirements for Component Society status within the IPA. The Society has Branches in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
There is a Scientific Committee, an Education Co-ordinating Committee, and an Ethics and Professional Standards Committee. Scientific life is also promoted by a Scholarship and Research Committee and a Publications Committee.
Audio recordings have been made of many lectures and are available for download. Downloadable Lectures.Further Information
- Contact Us
- Downloadable Lectures
Audio recordings of many Psychoanalytic lectures have been made and are available for download.
- Psychoanalytic Theory Lectures
These lectures were originally recorded on tape and have recently been converted to mp3 for easy listening while on the go or in your home. They are very useful for keeping up to date and for professional development.
- Neville Symington Lectures
Neville Symington Lecture Series
- Controversial Discussions - A SERIES OF TEN LECTURES BY JOHN McCLEAN & MAURICE WHELAN
“The Controversial Discussions” was a name given to a series of meetings held in the British Psychoanalytical Society in London in the 1940’s. But discussions of a controversial nature have been a feature of psychoanalysis since it was founded, and our contention is that if psychoanalysis ever ceases to be controversial that it will have ceased to be a viable force in people’s lives.
- Bion Lectures
The Sydney Institute for Psychoanalysis is pleased to announce a group of 5 lectures on Bion. “The human animal has not ceased to be persecuted by his mind and the thoughts usually associated with it - whatever their origin might be”. Bion.
- Northern Rivers Psychoanalytic Study Group (NRPSG)
An outreach program in the Northern Rivers area of Northern New South Wales.
- Archive
This site will keep information from previous conferences and articles of interest
